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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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Fine words do not produce food.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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A ripe melon falls by itself.
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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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